The rule needs to be updated to incorporate changes in the law as to which entity (Secretary of State or county canvassing board) orders recounts and to update the certified touchscreen voting systems mentioned in the rule. This revision represents ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Division of Elections

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

1S-2.031Recount Procedures

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The rule needs to be updated to incorporate changes in the law as to which entity (Secretary of State or county canvassing board) orders recounts and to update the certified touchscreen voting systems mentioned in the rule. This revision represents a substantial rewrite of the rule to codify practices that have evolved over time to improve the recount process and to reorganize and simplify its language.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Recounts.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 20.10(3), 97.012(1), 102.141, 102.166 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 102.141, 102.166 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: April 9, 2014, 11:00 a.m.

PLACE: Room 307, R.A. Gray Building, 500 S. Bronough St., Tallahassee, FL 32399

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Jordan Jones, Assistant General Counsel at [phone] or [e-mail]

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.